How to unblock and watch french TV outside France ?

How to unblock and watch french TV outside France ?

French channels such as TF1, M6, W9, France 2, France 3 … can not be accessed from online countries outside of France as they require a French IP. So even iphone applications, ipad and android “MyTF1”, “6Play”, “W9”, “XFactor”, “HD TV” and others. So here’s how to access and watch french TV online from different devices. This solution may be useful for french travelers outside of France to watch their favorite channels in French abroad.

First you must choose a VPN provider that offers a French server such as:

After choosing your plan from one of our recommended providers or another from our French VPN servers list (select a package with a french server included) follow these tutorials:

Note: All our recommended VPN providers offer their own VPN client installable softwares to avoid OpenVPN and Tunnelblick installations steps. So you have only to chose your prefered provider install its client software, open it, select France as country and connect.

1- Bypass geoblocked access to french TV Channels using a VPN client software

In this video and screenshots tutorial we will explain step by step how to easily stream and watch all french TV from anywhere outside France. We pick one of our recommended VPN providers, HMA Pro VPN as example.

• Video tutorial how to watch french TV live using HMA Pro VPN software

• Screenshots tutorial how to watch french TV live using HMA Pro VPN software

French TV apps in different mobile Android and iOS devices like iPhone, iPad and all smart devices, need also a VPN solution to open it outside France. In our Mobile Tutorial we will use an iOS device (iPhone 6) and set up VPN based on PPTP Protocol.

3- Bypass geoblocked access to french TV Channels using manual installation of VPN

For the following examples the installation will be based on OpenVPN PC, Tunnelblick MAC and PPTP iPhone. For IPad, Android, Linux, vista, all windows and more .. please see page VPN Setup depending on your system.

Setup on Windows PC – based on OpenVPN

1- Download the OpenVPN service and then install from your VPN provider install the selected file server (more information please visit VPN Setup page) and open the page MyTF1.com (we take TF1 as an example. The same steps to open M6, W9 …)

2- Choose via OpenVPN a french server and select “connect”

3- After the connection refresh your page and go!

The same steps will apply to access to M6 Replay or other site to stream French channels live or VOD.

Setup on MAC OS – based on Tunnelblick

1- Download and install the service Tunnelblick then download the file servers from your VPN provider choosen, install and open the page MyTF1.com (we take TF1 as an example. The same steps to open M6, W9 …)

2- Choose via Tunnelblick a french server and select “connect”

3- After connecting to VPN, refesh the page

Note: Our providers offer their own VPN client software (such ibVPN, HMA Pro VPN, VyprVPN, …), you just need to download the client and install it, it is much easier to install and manage your connection to VPN servers.

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